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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 14h

Wow.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-ch...

A Chance for Healing, 170 Years After a Lakota Massacre

Dozens of personal belongings from the Rosebud Sioux tribe find their way home after spending decades in the Smithsonian collections

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 14h

I am fascinated with this thing.

No, it's not Andy Warhol buried under leaves. It's entirely natural, it was discovered by the climatologist who originated the hypothesis of continental drift, and it was only fully explained in 2015.

If you don't know, just *enjoy* not knowing, and feast yer eyes.

A strange object laying on leaves in a forest that looks like Andy Warhol's hair.

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 14h

These J&J execs belong in prison

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 15h

Judge issues temporary restraining order against DHS in Chicago, affirming attacks on press during ICE protests "clearly violate" constitution.

ln further win for transparency, agents also required to wear badges or other visible ID with unique number.

Judge Rules Feds Can't Pepper-Spray, Tear-Gas Journalists After Block Club Chicago And Others Sue

Block Club and news organizations sued the federal government for its actions against journalists outside the Broadview ICE detention facility. Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray...

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Luce Leonard @luceleonard.bsky.social · 1d

Via Sheikhspeare memes

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 19h

Billion-dollar Listings

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Ralene @gouletr.bsky.social · 1d

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jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 1d

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 14h

Hey, Republicans, you wanted 'smaller government' & you got it. Pity the US isn't made up of 6 people. Incompetents R Us.
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The government shutdown keeps snarling air travel. Officials say it could get worse

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports — although Kansas City's MCI hasn't seen major impacts yet. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy bla...

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Julia Dilliard💙🐴🇺🇦#Resist. DM's are blocked. @juliadilliard.bsky.social · 17h

The Republican Party is now the party of big business and oligarchs. The rest of us can eat cake.😡

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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark @ferl67.bsky.social · 14h

Toronto hospital performs Canada’s first heart transplant using a heart that stopped beating: UHN - CTV News www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Toronto hospital performs Canada’s first heart transplant using a heart that stopped beating: UHN

Canada’s first-ever heart transplant using a heart, which had stopped beating before donation, has successfully been performed in Toronto, according to the University Health Network.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jude @judems.bsky.social · 18h

So many things have been neglected in this country specifically the power of computers. That’s why we need to elect people that understand efficiency.

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Lee @lmaen.bsky.social · 14h

This is the truth.

Lee

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Greg Fields @gregfieldsauthor.bsky.social · 1d

In 1946 Eugene O'Neill's play 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉, centering on a group of alcoholics in a boarding house above a saloon, premiered on Broadway, opening to mixed reviews. It's come to be seen as "a harsh and ruthless drama" and "one of America's greatest plays"

#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 14h

This RIGHT HERE!!👇🏼👇🏼💙💙💙

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h

The US may be going backward on clean energy, but the world moves forward.

"Clean sources grew more than demand and therefore they displaced some fossil fuels," Ember's Senior Electricity Analyst Małgorzata Wiatros-Motyka told Newsweek.

www.newsweek.com/world-nearin...

World nearing 'crucial turning point' as clean energy outpaces power demand

Energy research group Ember said the global surge in clean energy more than met demand for electricity and led to the first fall in fossil fuel use this year.

www.newsweek.com

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 14h

“She's very smart and talented, she's very kind, she's good at teaching, she loves kids, and she kind of just has a cool spirit,”
www.kcur.org/education/20...

An Olathe educator is Kansas Teacher of the Year. Her students will tell you why

Rachel Marlow, a music teacher at Central Elementary School in Olathe, was named the top educator in Kansas. Her students say she's 'the perfect amount' of kind and knows how to make learning fun.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 14h

Leticia James’ statement.

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 14h

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Wyandotte County deputy kneeled on inmate for more than a minute before he died, report reveals

An affidavit outlines the events leading up to Charles Adair’s death and the KBI investigation that followed. Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Fatherley is charged with second-degree murder.

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 14h

“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky👇

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 14h

Absolutely wonderful!
www.kcur.org/podcast/up-t...

A Kansas professor is getting students to lead the climate change conversation

Dr. Imogen Herrick, assistant professor of STEM Education at the University of Kansas, is changing the way climate change is discussed in K-12 classrooms. Her Community Science Data Talks shift the fo...

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations to @kelbadry.bsky.social for becoming a McArthur genius!!! 🤩🥳

www.caltech.edu/about/news/k...

🔭🧪🎢

Kareem El-Badry Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

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henryleerhenry.bsky.social @henryleerhenry.bsky.social · 14h

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